1232: BREAKING NEWS
He said last week at his unveiling on Friday that he would like to introduce himself to the Liverpool fans at Anfield, suggesting he wouldn't be in attendance for today's derby match, but new Reds owner John W Henry IS at Goodison Park. So early in his reign, and already the lies have started. That's a joke, by the way.

JimBoardman

RT @henrywinter: John W Henry arriving at Goodison Park....#LFC #EFC

thing is the zombie owners are an improvement on H&G

:lol: :lol:

Still (and I know this sounds harsh) at least he's not playing. It's up to Raul and Lucas to step up to the plate now and show Roy their qualities as Central midfielders. hopefully, if the put in a good, collective performance, Poulsen may find himself confined to the bench upon his return.

Poulsen not dropped but given leave on compassionate grounds according to unconfirmed reports as well.

Shame, because I thought Roy saw sense and dropped him, but that might not be the case.

I can understand his frustration. Dagger has fantastic ball skills but he is way too injury prone, and never seems at his best.

In terms of out and out defending Skrtel is better than him, but I like having him in the team for his skills bringing the ball out of defence.

I wouldn't say I'm optimistic, but I think that the ownership issues being solved should help.

I'll also be STOKED if Poulsen is dropped and Meireles is back where he belongs

Not a bad line-up although I'd probably switch Maxi for Jovanovic. I'm hoping that Poulsen's dropped aswell. He doesn't seem to be adjusting to the pace of the premier league. it will be good to see Konchesky back as well.

After the events of the past week I'm really feeling optimistic for this game.

Edited by Dugongs: 17/10/2010 07:55:16 PM

Werner was just on FiveLive talking about NESV... they asked about transfer fees and used the example of how the Red Sox paid 50Mil US for a player from Japan outbidding Texas and NYY :D, also sounds like there going to go to the game today

And then as Aurelio takes his trackpants off to come on for him, he tears his hammy. :P

Until the 75th min when Konchesky goes off injured:p

I've also read that Johnson has a thigh injury and that he has been involed in a sex scandal. Not sure what the truth is. Maybe they are related.

Johnson isn't the best defensively, but he provides a hell of a lot going forward.

That said, he has been in poor form of late and HASN'T provided much going forward, but I'd still be surprised if he was flat dropped.

Hering that Hibbert is RB, so hopefully Kon and Cole tear him a new one

This. When you defender is more skillful attacking than he is defending, you have a problem.

Not surprised to see Johnson dropped. Has to be one of the most useless RB's

Rumoured team from the guy on LFC who has been right every other week:

Reina

Carragher - Kyrgiakos - Skrtel - Konchesky

Meireles - Lucas

Maxi - Gerrard - Cole

Torres



Johnson has been dropped flat out apparently.
Stoked to see Poulsen dropped too. And happy to see Raul where he belongs.

Poor first touch when climbing stairs.

Kuyt on crutches :(

yepp so should of been relegated i swear, like they paid the bills like an hour before they were due its like they were totally after the deadline its not funny, like if i swear i reckon west ham so should of been relegated last season because they didn't finish in the bottom 3

5m per transfer window = Support Rafa in the transfer market (Then backstab him on your way out)

Haven't seen a huge amoutn of him, but from what I have seen he's like Joe Cole, just Dutch and younger:lol:

From LFC homepage:

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PSV Eindhoven midfielder Ibrahim Afellay has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Liverpool and Manchester United.

The highly-rated Dutchman has been linked with moves to a host of top European clubs including Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Hamburg but the 24-year-old has now revealed he would prefer to join Liverpool or Manchester United.

He told Dutch newspaper Orange : "Playing in the Barclays Premier League would be best for my prestige. I'd like to play for Liverpool or Manchester United , the top-level prospect for any player."

Afellay, who can play on the wing or in the centre of midfield, is out of contract at PSV at the end of this season.

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Cracking little player and could be just what we need. Any thoughts?

If it was Man Utd I might be inclined to agree with some preferential treatment, but not with Pool.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I was considering bringing up a big 'up yours' to everybody who said we would go into admin and turn into Leeds, but thought that silence was more classy.

But you come in here and make out like we got some preferential treatment?!

Your almost as deluded as Hicks.

Paying the debt may also have something to do with it. How can they be spared the 9 point penalty if they never missed the deadline for the payments:lol:

What a joke. Obviously spared the nine point deduction because its Liverpool.

Here’s the stats, courtesy of lfchistory.net.

Players Bought

Lucas Leiva Gremio £5,000,000 11.05.2007
Krisztián Németh MTK Hungaria Undisclosed 25.05.2007
Mikel Domínguez Athletic Bilbao £270,000 28.06.2007
Sebastian Leto Club Atlético Lanús £1,800,000 01.07.2007
Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 04.07.2007
Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free* 06.07.2007
Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 12.07.2007
Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 13.07.2007
Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 09.08.2007
Emiliano Insúa Boca Juniors £1,300,000* 26.08.2007
Lauri Dalla Valle JIPPO £600,000* 08.11.2007
Martin Skrtel Zenit St Petersburg £6,500,000 11.01.2008
Javier Mascherano Media Sports Investment £18,600,000* 29.02.2008
Philipp Degen Dortmund Free* 03.07.2008
Andrea Dossena Udinese £7,000,000 04.07.2008
Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras £3,500,000 11.07.2008
David Ngog Paris St Germain £1,500,000 24.07.2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £19,000,000 28.07.2008
Albert Riera Espanyol £8,000,000 31.08.2008
Glen Johnson Portsmouth £17,500,000 26.06.2009
Alberto Aquilani AS Roma £17,100,000* 07.08.2009
Sotirios Kyrgiakos AEK Athens £2,000,000 21.08.2009
Daniel Ayala Sevilla £160,000 17.09.2009
Maxi Rodriguez Atletico Madrid Free 12.01.2010
Jonjo Shelvey Charlton £1,700,000* 10.05.2010
Milan Jovanovi? Standard Liege Free* 08.07.2010
Joe Cole Free Transfer Free 21.07.2010
Danny Wilson Rangers £2,000,000* 21.07.2010
Fábio Aurélio Free Transfer Free 31.07.2010
Christian Poulsen Juventus £4,550,000* 11.08.2010
Brad Jones Middlesbrough £2,300,000 18.08.2010
Raul Meireles Porto £11,500,000 29.08.2010
Paul Konchesky Fulham £3,500,000* 31.08.2010

Total Spent on Players – £172,080,000

Players Sold

Florent S.-Pongolle Recreativo de Huelva £2,700,000 04.05.2007
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Returns from loan 08.06.2007
Danny O’ Donnell Crewe £100,000 13.06.2007
Boudewijn Zenden Marseille Free* 01.07.2007
Jerzy Dudek Real Madrid Free* 01.07.2007
Robbie Fowler Cardiff Free* 01.07.2007
Luis Garcia Atletico Madrid £4,000,000 03.07.2007
Djibril Cissé Marseille £6,000,000 09.07.2007
Craig Bellamy West Ham £7,500,000 10.07.2007
Mark Gonzalez Real Betis £3,500,000 17.07.2007
Gabriel Paletta Boca Juniors £1,200,000* 26.08.2007
Chris Kirkland Wigan Ath. £3,500,000* 27.10.2007
James Smith Stockport Cou. Free 28.12.2007
Mohamed Sissoko Juventus £8,200,000 28.01.2008
Lee Peltier Yeovil Free* 31.01.2008
John Arne Riise AS Roma £4,000,000 01.07.2008
Harry Kewell Free Transfer Free 01.07.2008
Anthony Le Tallec Le Mans Undisclosed 02.07.2008
Peter Crouch Portsmouth £11,000,000* 11.07.2008
Danny Guthrie Newcastle £2,250,000 14.07.2008
Scott Carson WBA £3,250,000* 18.07.2008
Steve Finnan Espanyol Undisclosed* 31.08.2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £16,000,000* 02.02.2009
Jack Hobbs Leicester Undisclosed 24.04.2009
Paul Anderson Nottm For £250,000 30.06.2009
Astrit Ajdarevic Leicester Free 30.06.2009
Sebastian Leto Panathinaikos £3,000,000 01.07.2009
Jermaine Pennant Real Zaragoza Free* 01.07.2009
Miki Roque Unknown Free 01.07.2009
Álvaro Arbeloa Real Madrid £3,500,000 30.07.2009
Xabi Alonso Real Madrid £30,000,000 05.08.2009
Andrea Dossena Napoli £4,700,000 08.01.2010
Andriy Voronin Dinamo Moscow £1,800,000 10.01.2010
Nikolay Mihaylov FC Twente £1,500,000 04.02.2010
Mikel Domínguez Athletic Bilbao £2,600,000 19.05.2010
Fábio Aurélio Unknown Free* 01.07.2010
David Martin MK Dons Free* 01.07.2010
Yossi Benayoun Chelsea £6,000,000 02.07.2010
Albert Riera Olympiacos £3,300,000* 23.07.2010
Diego Cavalieri Cesena £3,000,000 23.08.2010
Krisztián Németh Olympiacos £1,000,000 25.08.2010
Javier Mascherano Barcelona £17,250,000 30.08.2010
Lauri Dalla Valle Fulham £750,000* 31.08.2010
Alex Kacaniklic Fulham £750,000* 31.08.2010
Damien Plessis Panathinaikos Undisclosed 31.08.2010

Total recouped on players – £144,900,000

Total Net Spend under Gillett and Hicks – £27,180,000

quoted from TIA

Walk on.